The Sun. — London, England, 1810-04-20 00:00:00

I i i TI. E S UIN L 0 ND 0 IV,. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1810. NI L S . lia.kni ED-I Lisbon, t Brazils, t Dublin, 5 Wa+erford, E-i Cottenburgh, r Lisbon, r Cadiz, Waterford. SOLEM QUIS , DICFRE FALSUM AUDEAT We received this morning some , Pepluguesfi Pa pers by thelisbon Mail, from which we have made several extraEts.. The accounts respeaing the Bri tish and Portuguese armies 'are most satisfaelory, and . . . encourage us to look forward to a brilliant campaign, if the French should think proper to venture into Portuzal. A letler has been received from Gibraltar, which states, that the Spanish arm 7 of catalonia had been . completely defeated bf the French; There are, how. - if • - - ever, strong grounds for doubting this report. Let-: ters of a subsequent date have been received, which do not mention this defeat ; besides, the silence of the French Papers upon the subje&, affords almost a demon,tration of the falsehood of this story., We . have given in a subsequent column a short ac . count .of the proceedings at the Dinner which took place yesterday at the London,Ta%ern. We'have not thought it necessary to give in detail the speeches that ere made, because they consisted merely of a repetition of . the old hacknied topics; and of abuse of all public men; of all parties, except those en listed under the banners of sir'FßANcts BURDETT. The case of that Baronet, of course, formed one of the prominent subjels of discussion; andasThat case is about to "undergo a legal investigation, the Gentle men present, in Order to manifest their regard for the principles of the Cqnstitution, and in conforrility' with their usual praaiee, thought proper to prejudge the question, and to give a decidedopinion upon the subject. Mr. WAITHMAN, indeed, ' professed his _determination not to discuss the - question respeeting the ex.tent of the •Privileges of . .the House of Coat ..mOns, and if by discussing, he meant arguing,,, he certainly kept hiS word ;* but though be would not discusp the 'question, he felt no'difficalty in decid pig upon it. WitrrßauAn also spoke, • and though he 'endeavoured to adapt his speech as Much as possible to the taste of- his hearers, he .was not in .perfeet unison • ,with his audi tors. He ventured to hint at something like a shadow of difference from Mr. WARDLE, and the consequence • was, that he was immediate. ly saluted with most .unequivocal marks of ,dis". approbation. He was so imprudent as to contend, that if Members of •the House of Commons were insulted a.td obstructed in theh- pas Sage to and from the House, in consequence' of placards or orher means, that the House had the power to commit. This proposition gave great offence, and it appeared from the murmurs of the company that they did not thick Mr. WHITBREAD equal, in point of con s'itutional knowledge, with Mr. .WARDLE. We do not exactly know whether Mr. W H ITBREAD balougs to the regular. opposition.party,. or whe ther he is enlisted with the •Fotrts'foN•Es and 13naparr3 ; be coquets so much with bOth parties, that he is not likery to obtain the Confidence of ei ther ; but we should think that he and 'Mr. BYNG and Mr. COMBE, must have been much hurt by the cruel treatment which the Whigs, the Talents, the Patriots of the Soil, (or by whatever other name the Pauy may choose to bo called) experienced yester day from the. Patriots, of the London Tavern. That Mituiters should be abused was quite natural, bat Mr..,WAyrumbr might, upon that occasion have spared the Opposition, because he could not but ,knOw that he was deeply wounding the feelings of Mr. WHITBREAD when . he. was speaking' so con temptuottily of a party composed of Mr. WHIT BREAD'S dearest hiends, Lord GREY, Lord HOL LAND, Mr. PONSONBY, &c. How could Mr.WAITH- D 4 Nto so unkind as to say, hc did not wish the pre sent Ministers to be removed from, office, When Mr. Witerno;,w has repeatedly declared, that the safety of the cOuntry depends upon the Talents being restored to power ? It is not, 'however, for us to interfere, when such eminent, Patriots disagree,. Or to settle precettence among them ; but, if we might venture to give an 'opinion - upon such a sub let% we should say, that elite Mr. WIATIIREAD, has many old Constitutional Prejudices, tO.unlearn,-be fore he will he_ Pertntted, by•the modern Patriots, to rank with _Mr. WevenlvrArsr, Sir FRANCIS BUR fiETT, or Mr. WARDLE. • Vice-Adrhiral Sir C. COTTON passed by routli On 17th inst. le . Lively. frigate, -on his voy age to the Mediterranean, where he to take the chief cotnrnand oi the 13rtil'sh, fleet, in the room of the late lamented -Liorci COLLINGWEJOD, Adnprai I',IARTIN holds the command of that. fteet . in the interval. ' - • , L'Esi.;.eranca French frigate, forrra!rly his Majeg . ty'S - shij'i Laurel, which pissed thiough to - .o.„),:viis yestcrday, was . troin the Isle of boinid to s; with a i'aluahk-... cargo of cottoii,,cotfrc, sonar,. I ;digo ; I.,ap.k.t ens,' tva - pe . pper, 'captured on ibp inat. off 4.3oordeabi., by bib itilajt.sty's -ship i 1 ~ • . LISBON MAIL. ADAJOZ, MARcH 29.—His Excellency the Mar quis ftotrAtia., General in Chief of the Army of the left, bas transmitted the following report , to the Supreme Junta . " Major-General Don F: BALLESTEROS ‘ bas re ported to me under yesterday's date, from the en virons Of Penquilla, that the troops under his orders have completely defeated the French and dislodged them from all the neighbout i ring points of 'Santa 01- alla, and the strong position of Huelva, with very considerable loss, that he was prevented by a very heavy fall of rain from pursuing them any further, but that he should do so as soon as the weather be came somewhat better." Ltsßorg, Aran. 2.—We have witnessed for se veral days the disembarkation of numerous English troops, .foot, horse, and artillery, who have lately arrived to reinforce the artily with which his Britan nic -Majesty supports the defence of this kingdom and Spain. We are not yet acquainted with the exa6l number of these troops, but in order that our readers may be able to form an idta of the generous' efforts of the British nation, we inert a further-state ment of the nutnber of English ships which brought those excellent troops, and entered the port of this city, from the 25 t h to the 3 1 st of last month Sail of the line . 7 - 4 Frigates . - - 6 Schooners and brigs - - 7 Large transports .. - - 153 Total - s7o The warlike appearance, arms, accoutrements, and discipline of these brilliant troops are truly ad mirable, and perfectly equal to all the other corps . which are already found in this kingdom. This grand army, after it shall have formed a junc tion. with the Portuguese army, will make the num ber of troops destined for the defence of this kingdom amount to upwards of 100,000 mep, besides 48 regi ments of Militia in the best possible condition. These _ respeaable and numerous foices also enjoy the ad-. vantage which is of eittreme importance in the present state of affairs, that the opPrations of the whole army are directed by one sole Geueral in Chief, an advantage Which considerably increases' its strength; by pre venting the baneful results of party influence and di~uuiort. (Lisbon Diary, of April 2.) CORUNNA, MARCH 22.—1 t is_reported as a cer . - tain faa, that Marshal NEY has retreated to Jamoin with the remainder ofhisCorps,amountitig to no more than 3000 men, and that the English have entered Salamanca, jointly with the corps of Don CARRERA. —(Lisbon Diary; April 4.) BADAJO,Z, MARCH 31.—According to the state ment of a respectable and well-informed person, the loss sustained by the division commanded by Major-General BALLESTEROS in the late frequent :talons in Sierra Murena does . not exceed two hundred men in killed, wounded, and prisoners, taken by the enemy, while that of the latter amounts at least to 500. The enthusiasm which animates these gallant troops exceeds all conception. Gallicia his aLpresent an excellent manufa6ture of fire-arms, managed by armourers from Biscay, in vited to Andaluiia by the late Central Junta before it was dissolved. BADAJOZ, APRIL 2.—The French division which left Merida for the Tagus has changed its tnoyements,. and is said to be at Alisceda and its- vicinity, with some artillery of a small calibre. The division un der the command of General. BALLESTEROS is said to have conquered all the points of the Sierra and thrown the French at SeVille into consternation, so that we hope the standards of FERDINAND VII. will soon wave there, or if to prevent that, the enemy's , divisions. should leave the posts, that the army " of Cadiz and the Island will make a sally,-and sur round anddestroy them. • Considerable additional reinfOrceinents :are, we understand, to 6.4 sent out iminediately to the Eris tish army ip Portugal, and to the garrison• olCadiz, The defence' of Portugal is Said to be confidently relied, Upon by 4ord WELLINGTON. £he troops about to:Je sent are principally Germans, including the Duke of BRUNSWICK'S corps, LIQW stationed at Jersey and Guernsey. The Emperor of MOROCCO, who, it 'was 'feared, would be averse to .the ocCupation of Ceuta, by the British-troops, is stated'to kive 'declared his perfea sati factional that event, and to have further signi fied his readines, not only to supply that place with bullocks on the usual terms, bit also Cadiz and Gibraltar.. At a late.hoUr yesterday, an account was stuck up at LLOYD'S, that the Bellona, Frenth ',frigate, had taken the ViOoire stoop of war in the Bay of Bengal, after an a6tion of four hours, and carried her lo the Isle of Franke, together with the:Portuguese frigate the Minerva. • futAligence was at the same time received at. the Edst Indio House, 'That the ships Chariton and United Kingdom, outward-bound, were carried into the isle of France, the sth Of Jannary, by taco Frc.nch 'The followinf ; r, is a striking instance of the in cieased value of landed property in the period of 95 years. The Monkmoor estate, near Shrews-• bury,, was, purchased by T., POwYs, Esq. in the year i 7 ti,. to, 2.,4301. Is was sold a -few weeks ago for 18;41000 NAVAL NEWS: , PORTSMOUTH,-APRIL i 9.--Came in this day his Majesty's ship Jason from the Mediterranean ; and his Majesty's ship Goshawk, from LisbOn. Sailed, his Majesty's • ship Nereus, of 32 guns, with the remains of Admiral Cor,LlNowoon, for the Downs ; alSo his Majesty's ship Escort, with a con voy for .Guernsey. • Arrived the Christian, Coox, from Neath ; Hen ` rietta, JONES ; _Hero, SMITH ; and Neath Castle; SMITH. from London. Went out of harbour the Mary, Aluxnoi.v ; and Wargrave, BENSON ; the forturer for Quebec, and the latter for Lisbon. PLYMOUTH-, APRIL 18:--.-.The. Menelaus frigate was launched from his Majesty's Dock-yard at this Port last evening. Sailed the Peacock and Encounter .gun-brigs to the Westward. • The Orestes brig takes convoy td the Eastward. - Arrived the French sloop St..Piere, from Mintz, laden with tar, pitch, rosin, itc. bound to Nantz, captured by the l'iercer gun-brig; also arrived the Sir Sydney Smith, BRANFORD, master; from Rio de Janeiro, laden with sugar, coffee, cotton wool,- bark, bot:And to London, put in here by contrary winds; the Merchant Taylor, JOHN, from Newport.; Ceres, BLACKBURN, from Portsmouth ; the Blessing, STEWARD, from Neath ; and a French brig. from Passage, captured by it .e Medusa frigate. FALMOUTII,• APRIL I .-Arrived this day the Carteret Nlcket, Capt. DAVY, in ten weeks,. from Rio de Janeiro—she brings no news ; his Majesty's ship Elizabeth sailed with convoy ior England, but was to touch at Bahia for some merchant vessels also the Walsinghain packet, ROBARTS, in. 1 Q days, with Mails, from Lisbon.:. left lying in the Tagus the Prifice of Ikales packet, which was •to sail the Loth inst. No further movements have been made by either the British or French armies ;- the former were in good health : it is said that Lord WELLING TON intends to advance. " Arrived yesterday the'brig Louisa, SIMEON, from Guernsey, for Lisbon; the ship Reliance from the Bay of Honduras ; and this evening the Brig Craw ford, LEGGEN, from St. Übe's, with salt; for Got tenburgh; 18 days passage. His Majesty's ship Horatio, with twelve sail of EastlndiaMen, outward-boUnd, appeared off this day should the wind continue to blow, as' strong' and unfavourable as to day, it is expected they will put in here to-morrow. 'SHEERNESS, APRIL 18.— His Majesty's brig..dt tack has made the signal for convoy to the paltic. APRIL 19—His 'Majesty's ship Belvidera Cipt. BRYON, was paid County and two months- advai:ce. . . DEAL, APRIL ig.—Sailed the Itedpole sloop of war for Sheerness. ' In the last Dutch Papers, a very important De cree of the Danish Governmept is noticed,•by whi c h it appears, ant" the Court 9t . ,CoptntOgen has re solved to carry into prance the'• principle,. that ‘‘ free bottoms make free it is stated, on the authority_ of a letter from Copenhagen, that the Danish Chancery has issued an Order .relative t 6 Captures - and PriZts, and which, among various new regulations, couiains the folloA ing " Letters of marque shall henceforth be given only to Danish citizens, and •for - vessels carrying guns, and having crews suitobly armed.—Nune but experienced seamen to have the command of pri vateers.--Securities to be given by the Captains for the compensation•of damage done by the improper exercise of their authority.—No ship to be taken within the jurisdiction of friendly or neutral States, .which jurisdiction is, according to the common ac ceptation, understood to extend one nautical mile from the Nfld.—With respect to the Sound, it is ,particularly direCted that captures shall- not be made under. the_ Swedish batteries, nor Within gun-shot of the Swedish coast.—Whereas. free ships make free goods, no vessel belonging to a neutral or - f r i en dl y Power can be detained, to whomsoever the carg6 - may belong, provided the ship's papers are f oun d to be good, and the vessel is not laden with contra band of war for England, or' is not In other respects of. suspicious character. On the contrary, if the ship be not free, it follows as a consequence that the cargo is not free.—Engli.h ships, smuggierS, ships having false papers, carrying goods contraband of war, or sailing under the protection of English con voys in the North Sea and the Baltic, are good' prizes." A Court Martial was held at PlymoUth, on the • 17th instary, on Lieut. DANIEL ROBE.IITS, of the Phoenix frigate, at his own request, in co nseque n ce of some insinuations thrown out by. Lieut MURRAY, of the Marines, belonging to that s!:ip, reflecting on his condud -at the capture of a French privateer, for which he had received Captain .MUDGE'S appro bation in his public letter to the Admiralty. The sentence of the• Court was as follows : • " The Court 'is of opinion, that the coridual of Lieut. DANIEL ROBERTS, in the attack 'df the French privateer„on the 29th J.muary i last, was highly me ritorious and creditable to himself ; and...the Court cloth in consequence adjudge the said Lieut. 40)4ERTS .10 be incest fully and honourably 12cquilled; and the Court is further of opinion, that the insinu ations of Lieut. WILLIAM MURRAY, of, the Royal Marin'es, serving on board- the.P,lcenix, in his let ter to' his Captain, refletiing on the condtia of the launch under the command' of Lieut., DANIEL RO BERTS, on the occasion - before mentioned, are to tally unfounded and subversive of the discipline of the service."---.HQP-Ilear-Admiral STorFottp, Pre . '-‘ • CEUTA. I I 4 The. fo l lowing is a cop of the terms on Ceata is occupied by the British troops 0 " Tie two great allied' nations of Gre.t Britai and Spain; in order to increase the security of th, important fortresS of Ceuta, with o ut diminishing th e strength of the Spa n ish armi e s in the PeninstW,,, haVe agreed to introduce into that garrison a reg t ; ment of British troops, the c omm and . of which 1 Confided to Major-Gen e ral_ Frazer. •IntimatelY a 5 the two 'Powers are united, it will be the constant c c,treof the auxiliary forc e t o co - o p era te with tbd Government of Ceuta in def e nc e o f the place, to repel the enemy , should he dare to atattachThe cause and the intere s t a re 'th e s ame, and the etroits will all be directed to the same object . . 1 , /e religion, laws, usages, and custeins of the place *shall.- be scrupulously respected. Th e residence °f the British, in conjundlon with the Spanish troops'. whilst it will ensure to Ki n g F e rdi nan d VII. and his successors, that part of his dominions, will 00 1 : the inhabitants, without any - additional cast or es', pence,,the tranquil possession- and enjoyment of all private property. The British t roo p s w ill .cord-h cl themselveS conformably to those sentiments Of bu y cere friendship which actuate the two nations, b u t should any of them, contrary to expeaation,_fo r g e ,. their. duty, satisfaction , and redress will be affordeu' upon complaint.' The troOps, difring their stay' will be - Provided with every article `. - or the. ir sob s ' s ; tenee and maintenanc e 'f r ona. this - .garrison Or ot he places, Whatever they may purchase Of-the 12113- bitants of Ceuta shall be paid for with ready . 01° : ney. The quarters which it may be neceSsary, tv take ,from the inhabitants, for the accommodati°ll - Officers shall hepaid*for m 2nthly, or ollerNise' as .may be agreed upon with the owners, or shall h e direCted . by, his Excellency the Governor. And 145t 1y, when circumstances in the Peninsula shall take such a fivourable torn, that the, presence 'of th e ' :British troops become no longer necessary, thei will return to this garrison, l eav i ng t h e G ove rnmli t. and the inhabitants of Ceuta as satisfied with the ►t . conclutt, as they themselves will be happy to b ay° contributed to the safety of that fortress. (Signed) " COLIN CAMPBELL , Major-General Comm an di ng i n Chief: Head-quarters, Gibraltar, March 21, 1810." . Extract of a ; Letter from Bristol, April 17.- - Shave been from home' during the last three days' anal on .my return found all our walls placarde d with the words, No Gibbs—down with Gibbser" Burdett for ever V.—and lam informed that, i n the l , course of Sunday night, severa l o f the wa lls un ( ! lamp -posts had so me very inflammatory hand - b ib ' stuck upon. them ; .the Mayor also recentd, the day; some threatening letters, which induced th ° Magistrates to swear in an extra number of 'C ol " stables. Last- evening,' after Sir Vieary-Gibbs or t ; rived at- the Mansion-house, a considerablea l° assembled in Queen's- square , an d br o k e a bout .a dozen panes of g la ss . Th ey h ave br oke a l so abo ut twice that number at th e C ounc il-h ouse an d at t l) e ,_ Guildhall. - - Every thing is now qu i e t, an d the trials haVe begun." • The PRINCE of WA LES ' S gran d enter faintrient will be given on . Monday next, to. the Most No ble Knighis,of the Garter, at Carlton House. The preps. • rations - commenced yCsterday: The whOle pf state apartments will be thrown open, for the Dr st time, including the no bi e cons ervatory and the 1 1 °' man. baths. The great eating-room will be nated by five stupend.,usly magnificent glass challu e ; ' -liers, formed of the riche,t paste; t h ey i n s hape ar e .perfe;:tly unique, restmblit g Gothic t o ; other furniture will be irrunt.;on. On a sideboard' of great magnitude and perfectly nouvelle • in its ° I. ; motion,' will. b e e xhibi te d i h e - w h o l e o f that soPe r service of new. plat e , com p ose d of frosted silits, °f. which sn much has been said ;11 the circles of faAl l ` l° The . drawing-rooms will be ,supeibly lighted ul'•" *. a , It is supp,,ed that the lustres, or chatAcliers, plac e in the. different rooms, have-cost the PRINCE UP; wards of 30001, • The banquet will be Served up t. I half-past seven gllock. AU the pages will v'e a , splendid uniforms, and the other 'attendants etc liveries of scarlet alid geld. • We have had va r i ous commun i cat i ons f rom HI -- land. The picture drawn of the melancholy col; "(titian of that country, i n consequence of ,the Wet, Treaty, is most affliding. The subsequent extra , • refers to onei:if the stipulations of that arrangemOt: ca AMSTERDAM, APRIL 13.—Y ou a re, no d o ubt' of my opinion, that nothi ng . can be anticipated Ye. • about the execution of Article to, of the.Trejli his Majesty being, m oreover, b ut j ust come, °'.'s every tiling dependin g u p on t h e turn o f your "written to an American) political connection 'vi` Fran Ce. "Nothing but a general pacification can so re rthis country, tron total, ruin.- According to the latest ac coun t s rece i ve d f ror n the Tyrol; the immortal, the noble patriot, HoFFER, wi l° sacrifi:xd his life and property to hi s country , and t ° the good cause, died, as he h a d l ive d , a hero. fits noble mind was, to his last rnument, _proof agal- 05t everybaSe"temptalim) of his executioners. But fa. ,the purity and firmness of his Christian belief! .which 'represented suicide as a heinous criuw againsti the anniniitent Creator, he would never , have fallen alive into the hand; of his enemies. 011 1 Y for the life of-his Soill'he requested mercy. His mur - . derers, it is true, endeavoured to debase his wor'h , by advising him, under every kind of false promis.e'! to beg for !" he exclaimed, " it was IV :deliVerance of my 'country or death I sought- - - die a sacrifii:e to the good cause. • Let this last mo ment of _my life shew to my country and. its ens n . )10 - fife peace of mind with which the love of one country rewards the good."' So saying, he ITO : death with an exalted and serene countenance, while his executioner's levelled against hiM the engines 0 : death with fearful and hesitating looks. . The Third Meeting, f or this season, of -" Tk 5 PITT CLuB,7. was numerously attended yeStemial arithe London Tavern, when several Gentlemo were ballotted for and eletled members. A Co' mi'tee was appointed t o ma k e t h e arrangements 'fbr'• the - Anniversary Dinner on tice 28th of next month , We understand that the anniversary of Mr. pals Birth-day will be celebrated• this year at most of the large towns in the kingdom—a _proper coMplimeor to the memory of the • purest and most distinguished tatesman and Minister that ever appeared in this or any other country,